“Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will not preside over former President Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, which is scheduled to begin in earnest on Feb. 8,” The Hill reports.
“Instead, Senate President Pro Tempore Patrick Leahy, the most senior member of the Senate Democratic Conference, will preside over the trial.”
Playbook: “The absence of Roberts is a gift to Trump: Simply having a Democrat in the seat may make the proceedings seem more partisan and could bolster Republican arguments that the process is somehow not legit.”
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